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Symptom vs Preclinical - What's the difference?

symptom | preclinical |

As a noun symptom

is symptom, sign.

As an adjective preclinical is

(medicine) describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear.

symptom

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
  • A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

    • Synonyms

    * indication * manifestation * sign, signal * See also

    Antonyms

    * Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

    Derived terms

    * symptomatology * symptomless

    Related terms

    * asymptomatic * asymptote * symptomatic

    External links

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    preclinical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
  • Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans